Daisy Dumas
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia
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Welcome to the HQ of exercise, by a survivor of hotel quarantine
You'd be amazed how far you can run on a four-metre strip of carpet. → Read More
Dean Cropp: 'Two humpbacks came from below...like two minibuses coming at me'
Three years ago, this underwater filmmaker and adventurer quit his day job. He now lives and works on a boat in Sydney Harbour. → Read More
This one-click 'rape threat generator' aims to counter online misogyny
A Sydney academic has created a tool that randomly generates examples of threats many women receive online, in a bid to raise awareness. → Read More
Counting dead women and domestic violence in Australia: How did we do in 2016?
With the end of the year comes the end of a grim annual tally of dead women in Australia. → Read More
How the survivor of a boat accident that killed her family will conquer her fear
Susan Berg has spent three decades fiercely avoiding open water, boats and sharks but is ready to conquer her fears by racing in the world's largest open water swim. → Read More
Men are weirdly concerned about trans women's use of female bathrooms, according to new study
"Many females do not share these concerns," researchers said. → Read More
Clementine Ford and Mariam Veiszadeh on being trolled – and how hate only makes them fight back harder
For Mariam, it is like being punched over and over again, numbness eventually dissolving the pain. For Clementine, the sensation is akin to repeating a word so often that it loses its sense. → Read More
Planned Parenthood has seen donations skyrocket in wake of Donald Trump's win
The pro-choice charity has received more than 300,000 donations in the six weeks since the election, a rate that is 40 times its usual. → Read More
These are our feminist reading picks of 2016
Here are our top reads of the year. Happy holidays and lazy days from us all. → Read More
Facebook apologises after banning Mariam Veiszadeh for sharing troll's Islamophobic rant
Daily Life's Woman of the Year, Mariam Veiszadeh, has been blocked from Facebook for sharing an abusive comment made on her newsfeed. → Read More
Domestic violence deaths at 'epidemic proportions' despite awareness
Just ten days before the election, the grim tally flicked to 34. → Read More
Abandon your scarcity mindset for a life of abundance
Scarcity is something few Australians have truly experienced. → Read More
Women with children biggest financial losers of divorce: report
For every three marriages in Australia, one will end in divorce. → Read More
This city is where women fleeing Boko Haram go, and it is struggling
"Being a woman in the world is not easy. In Nigeria ... I think there is no word to describe what has been going on there for years." → Read More
Linda Burney: What I know about men...
When I was a little girl, the man in my life was my great uncle, Billy Laing. He and his sister, Letitia, raised me. → Read More
Daily Life 2016 Woman of the Year: Mariam Veiszadeh
When Mariam Veiszadeh took the wrong, slower bus to work one morning in February, she innocently tweeted how she'd turn her bad start to the day into a positive: time to gaze out of the bus window and reflect. → Read More
Daily Life 2016 Women of the Year finalist Noni Hazlehurst: 'It really feels like I touched a nerve'
More than half a year on from her seismic Logies Hall of Fame acceptance speech, Noni Hazlehurst's words continue to reverberate. → Read More
Daily Life 2016 Women of the Year finalist Noni Hazlehurst: 'It really feels like I touched a nerve'
More than half a year on from her seismic Logies Hall of Fame acceptance speech, Noni Hazlehurst's words continue to reverberate. → Read More
Jean-Claude Van Damme's dream to bring rhinoceroses to Broken Hill
When Jean-Claude Van Damme kickboxed his way down the main street of Broken Hill, he was potentially leading the way for rhinoceroses, cheetahs and lions to follow him to the NSW outback. → Read More
'We're moving backwards': Women of the Year finalist Linda Burney on Aboriginal affairs
Linda Burney's maiden speech left many people in tears after her sister acknowledged the occasion in song. → Read More